Panasonic Group of Companies

 

Panasonic Corporation is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products for a wide range of consumer, business, and industrial needs. Based in Osaka, Japan, the company recorded consolidated net sales of 7.42 trillion yen (US$79.4 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2010.

 

Since its establishment in 1918, Panasonic has been guided by its basic management philosophy, which states that the mission of an enterprise is to contribute to the progress and development of society and the well-being of people worldwide through its business activities. Today, we continue to strive for global excellence in an effort to become a company that is able to earn the respect of people around the world.

 

Moving forward, Panasonic aims to become the ‘No. 1 Green Innovation Company in the Electronics Industry’, a vision looking to the 100th anniversary of the company’s founding in 2018 by placing the environment at the centre of all our business activities and to contribute to the future of the earth and the development of society by continuing to generate ‘ideas for life’ for people all over the world.

 

Panasonic is globally committed to user-centric design development. From design centres in Japan, London, New York, Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur, our designers develop cutting-edge innovations and high-volume segment products that are in touch with local lifestyles and values. In order to realize total satisfaction for our customers, we investigate local lifestyles in depth and embrace universal design principles. Panasonic’s designs have won widespread recognition from customers around the world for their aesthetics, usability, and environmental consideration. We will continue to globally promote the creation of value through design.

 

Organizational growth and business growth are nothing more than the sum of the growth of individuals. To contribute to the development of an increasingly multipolar global society, it is essential that we nurture a corporate culture where a greater diversity of people than in the past interact, appreciate one another's values, compete with one another, and grow ever stronger.

 

At Panasonic, this kind of diversity is actively being promoted, describing it as “irimajiru,” or “mixing together.” Panasonic has nearly 380,000 employees around the world, and they are people having unique individual personalities and abilities, people from a variety of backgrounds in terms of country, region, culture and history, people of many different nationalities, varying in age, men and women. Our hope is that as we extend ourselves beyond the boundaries of our nation and organization, actively exchange ideas with each other, and renew ourselves, we will become a company capable of providing innovative products and services to customers around the world.

 

Our human resources development fundamental philosophy – “Make people before making products”.